Listers: This is from the NORCAL list. Some Siskiyou County items here! Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 7:22 AM Subject: Sac Bee May 17, 1909 > Sacramento Bee > Monday May 17, 1909 > > COMPETITION FOR N.C.O. RAILROAD > McCLOUD ROAD AND TEAMS WILL SAVE EXPENSE. > ALTURAS (Modoc Co.), May 17 - > The war between the business men and merchants of this country on the one > hand and the N.C.O. Railway on the other, over the exorbitant freight and > passenger rates on this road, now seems to be on in earnest. > Upon the solicitation of the business men of the country, Mr. G.M. SWOBE, > Vice President and General Manager of the McCLOUD Railroad, paid Modoc > County a visit, for the purpose of making investigation as to the > practicability of shipping freight into this country via Bartle. > SWOBE interviewed the merchants of this part of the country and then in > company with S.R. BUNCH, made a trip across the mountain to Surprise Valley > to interview the merchants of that section. > It is stated that the freight rate from San Francisco to Bartle is $1.05 > per hundred. In the past, teams have delivered freight from Bartle to > Alturas for $1 per hundred. This brings the rate from San Francisco to > Alturas, via Bartle, at $2.05 per hundred, while the rate from the same > point via Reno over the N.C.O. is $2.25, making a difference of 20 cents per > hundred in favor of the Bartle route. > The business interests of this vicinity are on the verge of taking in hand > the matter of fixing up and reconstructing the road between here and Bartle. > The road can be improved and shortened sufficiently, it is believed, to > bring the rate down to 75 cents per hundred. > During the past few years much freight for this section has been hauled > via Bartle, and more would have been shipped this way if it had not been for > the poor facilities for handling freight there and for the poor > accommodations for the teamsters. It is understood that these matters will > soon be remedied. > > MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RECORD > DIVORCE COURT INTERFERES WITH CUPID'S WORK > REDDING (Shasta Co.), May 17 - > Not a single marriage license was issued last week in Shasta County, but > there was plenty doing in the divorce lines. > Florence E. NESLEY received an interlocutory decree of divorce from > Lawrence C. NESLEY on the ground of desertion. The couple resided near Round > Mountain, though the present whereabouts of the husband is unknown. > Nelson JOHSON ,(sic) of Fall River Mills, was granted an absolute decree > of divorce from Margaret JOHNSON. > Mrs. Charlotte A. HARDIN received an interlocutory decree of divorce from > Adolphus M. HARDIN on the grounds of desertion. Mrs. HARDIN lives in Bella > Vista. > Mrs. Lottie ALLSTEAD has begun a suit in divorce against John E. ALLSTEAD. > The couple were married in Copper City, but they have lived in Kennett for > the last few years. > Mrs. Julia Francis HART has instituted an action in divorce against Alva > Gus HART. She received an interlocutory decree Friday morning. Mr. HART is > roadmaster on the Southern Pacific between Red Bluff and Dunsmuir. > PLACER COUNTY > AUBURN, May 17 - > Since the last report County Clerk Marshall Z. LOWELL issued but one > marriage license from his office. Dan Floravanti, aged 23 years, a resident > of Loyalton, Sierra County, was granted a license to marry Reby NELSON, a > resident of Roseville, Placer County. > YOLO COUNTY > WOODLAND, May 17 - > Cupid HADSELL says the record has been broken. More than three weeks have > passed since a marriage license was issued in this county. > BUTTE COUNTY > OROVILLE, May 17 - Only one marriage license was issued during last week. > This was issued to Julius W. WEINIGER, aged 37 years, and Daisy ALLEN, aged > 30, both of Chico. > A divorce was granted to James P. HOLLEY from Maud HOLLEY on May 10th. The > testimony of the plaintiff and of L.R. LAUFFMANN was taken. According to the > testimony produced the defendant deserted her husband over a year ago, and > since leaving him she has gone with other men. No appearance was made by the > defendant. The custody of the minor child was awarded to the plaintiff. > YUBA COUNTY > MARYSVILLE, May 17 - > A marriage license was issued last week to Clarence H. COOK and Mrs. Mary > TURNER, both of this city. > In the divorce suit of Bessie DA SHIELL against George P. DA SHIELL the > interlocutory decree of divorce was made Tuesday. William MITCHELL has > commenced divorce proceedings against his wife, Minerva MITCHELL, on the > grounds of desertion. > SUTTER COUNTY > YUBA CITY, May 17 - County Clerk GREEN issued a marriage license last week > to M. HUNT, of Alameda, and Cora TRENT, of Oakland. Justice TUCKER tied the > nuptial knot. > SOLANO COUNTY > FAIRFIELD, May 17 - The following marriage licenses have been issued by > County Clerk HALLIDAY since last report: > Adloph J. SEEMAN, 35, and Cora C. RYAN, 27, both of Vallejo; Filippe > ATTILE, 26, and Lucia ALTERI, 17, both of Vacaville. > TEHAMA COUNTY > RED BLUFF, May 17 - Since last report marriage licenses have been issued to > Mathew L. TAYLOR of Corning and Effie A. ROBERTS of Idaho; Elisha D. > HERRICK, 43, of Manton and Edith M. STRAWN, 34, of Corning. > DIVORCE > In the Superior Court last Monday considerable attention was given divorce > matters along with the legal business and two decrees were granted. They > were in the cases of Mary E. TUGGLES vs. William M. TUGGLES and of Mary A. > BALDWIN vs. James S. BALDWIN. > WASHOE COUNTY NEVADA > RENO, (Nev.), May 17 - The marriage and divorce record in Reno last week was > of little consequences. Only one marriage license was issued, and that was > to Maud GILL-HALL and G.L. GASSOWAY, both of Reno, and both over 21 years of > age. > A suit for divorce was filed by Stella CLARK against Ed CLARK on grounds > of cruelty and failure to provide. The case of Carrie THINIUS against > Charles L. THINIUS for a divorce, in which failure to provide was the ground > alleged, was dismissed. > Mrs. Callie May HALDT, formerly of Sacramento, but now of Reno, Friday > filed a suit for divorce form Alfred Jacob HALDT. She alleges that until > 1907 she resided at 1018 Fourteenth Street, Sacramento, when her husband > deserted her without cause. > Mrs. Mary A. HENKS was Friday granted a divorce by Judge BREEN from Henry > HENKS on ground of failure to provide. > > WALKS 130 MILES TO SEE A CIRCUS > REDDING (Shasta Co.), May 17 - > Who would think of walking 130 miles to see a circus? Frank NOBLE, of > Junction City, Trinity County, did it. It is sixty-five miles from Junction > City to Redding. He left the Trinity County town at 5 o'clock Thursday > morning, walked every foot of the way, and reached this city at 9 o'clock > Friday evening, in ample time to see the circus Saturday. He left for home > this morning, expecting to walk all the way. In the round-trip he will cover > 130 miles. Mr. NOBLE decided early last week that he wanted to see the > circus. Not having any private conveyance and not caring to pay stage fare, > he decided to make the journey on foot. > > THUNDERBOLT PLAYS QUEER PRANKS WITH COTTAGE IN SISSON > SISSON (Siskiyou CO.), May 17 - > A terrific lightning storm struck Sisson between 9 and 10 o'clock this > morning which, though of short duration, was one the severest electrical > storms ever known here. > The lightning struck the house of Fred MORLEY, on Pine Street, and did > considerable damage, wrecking a partition, destroying pictures hanging on > the wall and setting the house on fire. Mr. and Mrs. MORLEY were within ten > feet of where it struck and if they had not been prompt in putting out the > flames the building would have been destroyed. > Pictures and cardboard in frames were crumpled and torn by the thunderbolt > and yet were not even scorched. The damage was not so much from fire as it > was from the force of the lightning. > > SUDDENLY INSANE > REDDING (Shasta Co.), May 17 - > William UMLAND, a farm hand employed by William LOGAN in the Pacheco > district, went insane very strangely. Nothing wrong had ever been noticed > until Friday. He came to Redding in the morning in his normal state of mind. > When he returned to the Logan farm in the evening he was all wrong. He would > not speak a word, and he wanted to be left alone. During the shower of > Saturday morning he stood motionless in the orchard for hours. Brought to > Redding and placed in the insane ward, he stood in a corner for hours, and > could not be induced to say a word. UMLAND is 35 years old. He has worked > for Mr. LOGAN on several occasions. He is a steady worker, and a man who > never drinks. > > NOT PHILLIP LEO > REDDING (Shasta Co.), May 17 - > The Italian arrested last week in Willits by Constable A.J. **** on the > suspicion that he was Phillip LEO, who murdered Gregory MARTINE near French > Gulch on March 30th, proved not to be LEO. The deputy who was sent to > Kennett knew LEO well. Seeing the suspect at Willits, he declared at once > that Constable SMITH did not have the right man, though the Mendocino County > officer was justifiable in making the arrest. The description given of LEO > fitted the suspect pretty well. > > THREE SMALLPOX CASES > GAZELLE (Siskiyou Co.), May 17 - > There were three cases of smallpox in this town. Frank S. CHASTAIN, his > mother and Charles H. BELL have the disease in the usual mild form. All > three are under quarantine and there is no fear of a spread of the > contagion. > > AT THE KENOSHA > Work Resumed at Mine To-day, Backed by Eastern Capital > GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), May 17 - > This morning operations were resumed at the Kenosha Mine, following the > general improvement in mining conditions on all sides. The property has been > shut down since early last Winter for lack of funds. Manager George W. ROOT, > however, is making good in the East and has raised sufficient finances to > promise the steady operation of the property henceforth. > The collar of the shaft will be repaired at the same time unwatering is > under way. William TORPIE has been placed in charge as foreman. The mine is > equipped with a fine electric pumping and hoisting plant, sufficient to > enable the mine to be sunk to a great depth. At present the shaft is down > only 400 feet and is full of water. > Foreman TORPIE estimates that within thirty feet the famous "hard bar" so > distinctive of Deadman's Fist, will have been passed, after which sinking > will be easier and the ledge will come in regular formation, instead of > being badly broken up as has been the case. > > ASKS COUNTY BOARDS TO MEET WITH THEM > Uniform Eight-year Course of Study to Be Arranged. > RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), May 17 - > The Tehama County Board of Education held a meeting Saturday at which time > several matters of importance were considered. June 1st was the date set for > the beginning of the examinations for graduation from the ninth grade of the > Public Schools. June 7th was fixed as the time for the holding of teachers' > examinations. > The matter of disposing of the ninth grade, to comply with the new law, > with the object of trying to have a uniform course of the different > counties, was discussed, and the Board ordered that the Secretary send > invitations to the various County Boards to come to Red Bluff and hold a > joint meeting to arrange a uniform course for the Grammar schools of the > Valley. > > NEW PLAYHOUSE > VALLEJO (Solano Co.), May 17 - > M. Dos REIS ,owner of the St. Vincent Hotel of this city, is preparing to > remodel the place so as to provide the society with a modern theater. The > present dining room and office will be used for the amusement place, the > grill and billiard rooms occupying the other half of the lower floor of the > building. The upper stories are to be run simply a rooming house. > It is expected that that new theater will be one of the finest in this > city. > > DIED SUDDENLY > VINA (Tehama Co.), May 17 - > Coroner DECKER was here Saturday and held an inquest over the body of John > ANDERSON, who died at the Vina sheep ranch suddenly that morning. > ANDERSON was a native of Norway, about 70 years old. He was engaged in > dipping sheep when he fell dead. The jury rendered a verdict of death from > heart failure. >